Modern Country |  | Author: Nancy Ingram
Creator: Jenifer Jordan
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Category: Book
List Price: $34.95
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 137423
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 8.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 1586857827
Dewey Decimal Number: 747
EAN: 9781586857820
ASIN: 1586857827
Publication Date: March 21, 2006
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Product Description
Modern Country blends the quiet, simple elegance of classic country with a clean, modernist edge to create an entirely new interior genre. When classic country is infused with modern design, it becomes bolder. It offers a contemporary attitude, a confident feel that mixes periods, patterns, and pedigrees but embraces the element of restraint. As noted photo stylist and author Nancy Ingram says, "Mix it up and pare it down!"
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 Charming Country Style with Chic Appeal July 27, 2006
Rebecca Johnson (Washington State)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
If you are dreaming of the country or want to redecorate your house...or even just find a few new decorating ideas, this book is filled with charming style and chic appeal. Classic and comforting designs warm the pictures as antiques add mystery and a sense of the past.
A granite washbowl is perched atop a antique wooden cabinet, modern lamps blend with wicker chairs, an indoor grass garden adds calm and outside tables find their way into the living room.
The antique, teal-painted cupboards even have sight wear and glass containers filled with breakfast cereals. The ideas in the kitchens are "on display." The teacups are not hidden and country fruit dinnerware highlights the country appeal. Baskets are found throughout whether they are wicker or metal.
The bedrooms have Victorian style with plump down comforters and upholstered chairs for reading. A laundry room doubling as a workout room - now that is something new. This book is filled with unique ideas like chalkboard paint on cupboards so you can leave notes. They even have chalkboard painted mugs.
~The Rebecca Review
Just What I Wanted November 1, 2007
Virginia Allain (Poinciana, FL)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've been looking for something like this to update my tired looking country decorating. When I moved to my new house, somehow my collections of baskets, antique spice tins, vintage quilts, etc. suddenly seemed lost in the too-new house.
I read about this book in the Orlando Sentinel and liked what it said. The authors use a "Mix it up and pare it down" philosophy. The book tells how to get a country look without the clutter formerly associated with country decorating.
I've started using my collections as special displays in the entertainment unit that covers the whole wall of our great room. The book recommends this rather than having everything out all the time. This way I still enjoy them, but don't have lots of clutter.
I also want to put beadboard and a chair rail in my dining room. Lots of ideas and I appreciate this book getting me started freshening up my country look.
Truly defining "modern country" style November 9, 2006
Mountain-Wild (Idyllwild, CA United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Good-bye gingham, hello French linen. This book is pretty terrific and very inspiring. For one, it defines modern country in most of the photographs, although there are a couple of rooms that seem very dated, perhaps "country" in the 70's, which is the reason I gave it 4 stars rather than 5. As an intuitive stylist, I definitely got a lot out of the way items were displayed, as well as the mix of color and texture in many of the rooms. This is definitely one of my favorite decorating books. I wouldn't recommend it for the novice decorator, but for anyone looking for inspiration to "freshed up" a room, this could be helpful.
 Ordinary January 19, 2008
Sheiling
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Seems very repetitive to me -- and really nothing "new".
But the photos are attractive and colors are soothing so I'll leave it out in our spare room so guests can browse. Very ordinary - but I got it at a good price so no commplaints.........
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